FILMMAKER + COMPOSER
BLISS (2017)
Artikulo Uno Productions
REVIEWS
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"Bliss finds Jerrold Tarog climaxing in his career as he connects with something that we didn’t know he had in him – a prodigious ambition that steadily grows in fury."
RAMON DE VEYRA (MANILA BULLETIN)
"Bliss is that rare thing in Philippine cinema: an honest-to-God risk-taker of a movie."
ANDREW HESKINS (EASTERNKICKS.COM)
“ A well-constructed, intelligent slice of entertainment."
"A leap of freedom from the portals of Philippine Cinema, introducing a genre that shows intelligence, allegory and flawless mastery."
FRED HAWSON (ABS-CBN.COM)
"A completely immersive ride into that perplexing paranoid limbo between dreams and reality. An extraordinary big-screen viewing experience."
"It is an unforgiving, yet beautiful example of storytelling taken to the next level. It is also an examination into subjectivity, as it dares us to challenge our own perceptions of reality."
"It really is quite a well-crafted film, one that even outshines “Heneral Luna” in terms of consistency, and heck, even ambition."
"But it’s not the blood, the sex, or the nudity that shocks, it’s the crooked smiles, the sadistic laughs, the emptiness, anxiety and exhaustion behind the flashy face of the entertainment industry."
"[Iza Calzado gives] a courageous performance, one that becomes the hinge as to why Bliss works so magnificently."